Interested in learning more about the Dataverse repository and growing community of users in Canada? Starting the first week of November 2021, we are pleased to present “Dataverse in Canada: Leveraging an open data repository for research data stewardship”, a series of webinars designed to help Canadian researchers and institutions understand what features Dataverse can offer for managing and sharing research data throughout the lifecycle. This series focuses on introducing the Dataverse repository and institutional services available for use in Canada today. It will showcase a diverse set of presentations related to current use cases and models, including an open discussion panel, and best practice guidance related to data curation for ensuring and enhancing the FAIRness of your data.

Details:

• Wednesday, November 3, 12 pm Eastern/9 am Pacific, Introduction to Dataverse and the features you didn’t know you needed! Presented by Jane Fry (Carleton University) and Chantal Ripp (University of Ottawa). Hosted by Meghan Goodchild (Queen’s University/Scholars Portal). 60 minutes. Presentation Slides: DataverseSeries_IntroandFeatures_20211103

• Wednesday, November 17, 12 pm Eastern/9 am Pacific, Dataverse Community Panel: Use cases from across Canada. Presented by members of the Portage Dataverse North Expert Group & Dataverse Community of Practice in Canada. 90 minutes. Presentation Slides: Dataverse_Panel_Pratt_20211117, Dataverse_Panel_Phillips_20211117, Dataverse_Panel_UBC_20211117, Dataverse_Panel_Gillis_20211117, Dataverse_Panel_Dorey_20211117

• Wednesday, December 1, 12 pm Eastern/9 am Pacific, Data Curation and Metadata Best Practices for Dataverse: New guides to help curators, data managers, and stewards. (Curation de données et meilleures pratiques de métadonnées pour Dataverse : nouveaux guides pour aider la curation, la gestion et l’intendance). Presented by Teresa Bascik (Université de Montréal), Mark Goodwin (UBC), Ève Paquette-Bigras (Université de Montréal), Michael Steeleworthy (Wilfrid Laurier). This webinar will be presented with simultaneous interpretation. 60 minutes. Presentation Slides: DataverseSeries_CurationAndMetadataGuides_20211201

Curating human-subject data can be daunting, and ethical concerns are further amplified when we hope to publish the data in a public repository. The Tri-Council Panel on Research Ethics released “Guidance on Depositing Existing Data in Public Repositories” to assist researchers and research professionals with managing human-subject data in accordance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS). The new guidance addresses secondary use of human-subject data, consent to future use and waivers of consent, along with issues needing consideration from Research Ethics Boards as they assess proposed sensitive data deposits in repositories.

Join us for a discussion with Victoria Smith, the Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s Policy, Privacy and Sensitive Data Co-ordinator, for a quick overview of the guidance, and her insights on what it means to our work and how we can utilize it. Bring your stories, challenges, and questions to this community-led discussion on Tri-Agency Guidance on Depositing Existing Data in Public Repositories.

This session will be presented in English with opportunities for French discussion. If you are interested in moderating a breakout session in English or French, please let us know! Sessions are not recorded. Group notes and a feedback survey will be shared with registered attendees after the call.

These calls are free and open to all interested parties working in data curation. Please RSVP to reserve your spot and receive the information to connect via Zoom.

Objective

To engage in conversation and discussions that will enable the development of your institutional research data management (RDM) strategies.

Program at a Glance

Please note, the webinars will be presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in French.

The Background 

With the release of the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy in March 2021, Canadian post-secondary institutions will need to meet requirements associated  with the three pillars of the policy: 

1. Pillar I: Institutional Strategy –  To be completed by Spring 2023 
2. Pillar II: Data Management Plans – Implementation begins Spring 2022
3. Pillar III: Data deposit – Implementation anticipated to begin Spring 2023

This workshop series will focus on helping institutions to develop their RDM strategies by providing information across the three pillars of the policy, including a targeted workshop on strategy development with time for breakout discussions, as well as  an open panel discussion from practitioners in various stages of crafting their institutional strategies.  

Benefits of attending  

This workshop series will give attendees the opportunity to build their community of support, collaborate, and discuss their RDM Institutional Strategy with others across the country. Through collaborative sessions, attendees will be able to workshop the beginnings of an RDM Institutional Strategy, and connect with a community of colleagues both during and following this initial series, via networking and collaborative opportunities.

What you can Expect

The workshop series will use a combination of informational webinars, a panel, and a workshop with small group activities to deliver on this objective. The informational webinars will present on the Tri-Agency policy, including descriptions of two of the pillars, (Data Management Plans, and Data Deposit) prior to the Institutional Strategy series. Following each webinar, there will be a time for questions and discussion. The Institutional Strategy workshop series will consist of a three hour session followed by a two hour panel session. These will include background on the first pillar, breakout discussions, and a panel on Institutional Strategies Case Studies. 

The first 2 webinars will consist of a 1-hour presentation, followed by a 50-minute discussion period. The 3rd webinar will consist of a 1-hour presentation and Q&A. The workshop will follow the 3rd webinar, and will be limited to a maximum of 3 people from each institution to facilitate discussion in small group breakouts.

The webinars will be presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in French. The workshop component will be limited to a specific number of registrants that are, or will be, actively involved in developing an Institutional RDM Strategy. There may be multiple workshops offered, depending on demand. Workshops will include breakout rooms based on size of institution, region, or type of institution. 

Who Should Attend 

Webinars will be open registration and the intended audience will be any of those interested in the Tri-Agency RDM Policy and its implications for institutions and researchers. Researchers, graduate students, librarians, data managers, and administrators will be interested. 

The Institutional Strategy series is directed at those closely involved in establishing/coordinating the institutional strategies for RDM at their institution.  In order to facilitate small group discussions, the invitations to participate will be issued to the offices of the VP Research (or equivalent) to designate a maximum of 3 participants per institution to attend, with the goal of having one participant from each of: the research office; office of the CIO; and the library. 

Preparation for the Event

A package of background information will be distributed to participants in advance of the online workshop. Prior to the workshop, participants will be asked to complete a readiness matrix for their institution, which will be based on the Research Infrastructure Self-Evaluation (RISE) framework, the SPARC framework, the Portage Institutional Strategy Survey, and the Portage Institutional Strategy Template. This framework will be developed in a Canadian context, and will be made available in English and French. It will be used to help identify institutional gaps that can in turn inform your institution’s  strategy development. 

Future Directions/Staying Connected

Participants will be added to an appropriate communications platform (e.g. Slack, mailing list), and will be contacted 2-3 times post-workshop to determine progress, identify questions, and whether  help is needed. Based on feedback and community need, it is anticipated that the group will have the opportunity to gather again for follow-up informational and networking sessions 6-12 months after the Workshop.

Workshop Planning Committee Members: Mark Leggott (NDRIO, RDC), Kate Cawthorn (University of Calgary), Jane Fry (Carleton University), Emma Scott (University of Lethbridge), Jennifer Abel (Portage), Alison Farrell (Memorial University), Jaime Orr (University of Winnipeg), Michael Smolinski (CIHR), Alexander Thistlewood (SSHRC), Nick Rochlin (University of British Columbia), Chantal Ripp (University of Ottawa), Marie-Eve Ruest (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi), James Doiron (University of Alberta), Geoff Harder (University of Alberta), Alexander Clark (University of Alberta).

The Portage Curation Expert Group (CEG) invites you to join us for our fifth virtual meetup!

After taking the summer off to plan our fall series of meetups, we’re back and excited to continue our curation conversations!

Remote work has impacted many of us this past year and a half — requiring us to rethink communications with our colleagues and the communities we serve.

Bring your stories, suggestions, and challenges to this community-led discussion on communicating with researchers in the context of data curation.

This session will address topics such as:

-How is the work of data curation affected by our communications with researchers?
-How can we build relationships with researchers and improve understanding of curation through limited or one-time interactions?
-How can we better connect with each other using the technology that we have?
-How can we use tools and strategies such as templates and checklists?

This session will be presented in English with opportunities for French discussion. If you are interested in moderating a breakout session in English or French, please let us know! Sessions are not recorded. Group notes and a feedback survey will be shared with registered attendees after the call.

These calls are free and open to all interested parties working in data curation. Please RSVP to reserve your spot and receive the information to connect via Zoom. If you have any questions, please contact erin.clary@engagedri.ca.

We recognize that data curation takes place throughout the research data lifecycle, and curators rely on the work of many other highly qualified personnel. We welcome all data stewards, research data management librarians, data managers, preservationists, ethicists, and others who are engaged in research, support the research process, or are interested in data curation to join us!

In the past five years, researchers have seen a growing number of research data management (RDM) policies being implemented by funders, publishers, and institutions. One key element in meeting these requirements, particularly in terms of data discovery, is using metadata, which helps make research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (the FAIR principles). This session will reveal the secret life of your dataset metadata: the ways in which, for many years to come, it will work non-stop to foster the visibility, reach, and impact of your work. Join us to see how metadata will help your dataset travel through the global research infrastructure, and how data repositories and discovery services can use this (meta)data to help launch your dataset into the world.

Speaker:

Alicia Urquidi Díaz, Research Associate, International Technology Office (ITO) of the World Data System (WDS)

This webinar will be presented in English and will be recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

Data management plans, or DMPs, are one of the foundations of good research data management. Hosted by the University of Alberta Library and supported by the Portage Network, the DMP Assistant is a national, open, bilingual data management planning (DMP) tool to help researchers better manage their data throughout the lifespan of a project. The tool develops a DMP by prompting researchers to answer a number of key data management questions, supported by best-practice guidance and examples. Building on the preceding DMP-focused webinar, this session will be of interest to researchers, graduate students, librarians, and research support stakeholders. Participants will take an in-depth look at the newly launched DMP Assistant 2.0, including all of its enhanced key features for both end-users and institutional administrators, as well as a brief look at the future of the platform.

Speaker:

Robyn Nicholson, Data Management Planning Coordinator, Portage Network

This webinar will be presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in French and will be recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

Data management plans, or DMPs, are one of the foundations of good research data management. This DMP-focused webinar will be of interest to researchers, graduate students, librarians, and research support stakeholders, and will provide foundational information on developing DMPs. Topics covered will include the importance and benefits of DMPs, how they support research excellence, and what makes a ‘good’ DMP, as well as a detailed look at their standard content. Resources to help with the development of DMPs – including bilingual training materials, guidance documents and Exemplar DMPs – will be presented, as well as an update on the activities of the Portage DMP Expert Group, including forthcoming resources. A brief overview of the DMP Assistant platform will be provided, while a second separate session will deliver an in-depth look at the latest version of this platform, including its key features.

Speaker:

Research Data Access and Preservation Summit

Full schedule

Day 2 Thursday, March 11, 2021

Radical Change for RDM in Canada – Stakeholders, Services, and Synergies

Speaker: Jeff Moon, Portage Director

Building on many years of effort and progress, Research Data Management (RDM) is entering an exciting and radical new era in Canada with the creation of a New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO) that brings RDM, Advanced Research Computing (ARC), and Research Software (RS) together into one cohesive enterprise. The significant government investment in RDM this represents reflects confidence in work accomplished to date and a shared aspirational vision for the future. This presentation will outline strategic service and platform directions for RDM in Canada – making data more open and discoverable — and the synergies that merging with ARC and RS will foster. We’ll also look at the foundational and ongoing role of a Canada-wide Network of Experts coordinated by a national RDM Secretariat and aligned closely with the research data life cycle. We’ll introduce new tools, resources, and platforms and how community engagement has underpinned everything we do.

A Sensitive Data Toolkit for Researchers: Supporting Sensitive Data Sharing in Canada

Speaker: Victoria Smith, Policy, Privacy, & Sensitive Data Coordinator, Portage Network

Following the Open Science movement, sensitive data are becoming increasingly discoverable and accessible. Researchers need creative tools and solutions to address the ethics and privacy considerations involved in making their sensitive data shareable. The Portage Sensitive Data Expert Group has produced a Sensitive Data Toolkit to help researchers and research ethics boards support sensitive data sharing. This toolkit will help to steward the paradigm shift from the present model, in which sensitive data are typically presumed to be single-use only, to a new model in which valuable sensitive data are continuously re-used and preserved as appropriate. This new model enhances participant autonomy and supports the principles of equity and justice embedded in Canadian research ethics policy. Innovations in sensitive data management increase Canadian research capacity while providing Canadians with greater opportunity to contribute to research.

Brought to you by CRKN, CARL-Portage, and Research Data Canada

Starting the first week of March, and running every two weeks until mid-May, this series will provide a comprehensive look at persistent identifiers (PIDs) in Canada. The series will include Canadian and international speakers who will highlight the benefits and use cases for PIDs and cover established identifiers such as digital object identifiers (DOIs), researcher identifiers (ORCID iDs), as well as emerging identifiers, tools, and services. This will also be an opportunity to engage in discussion on a national PIDs strategy for Canada.

Series presenters will include researchers, librarians, administrators of PID systems, and international leaders in the PID ecosystem. Sessions will be recorded, and will be offered with simultaneous interpretation in order to accommodate francophone and anglophone attendees.

The full schedule is as follows:

PIDs 101
Wednesday, March 3, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET (9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT) | Host organization: RDC
Register here: http://bit.ly/3dBQpwP

In this session, attendees will learn the fundamentals of persistent identifiers (PIDs).

Speakers
Moderator: Mark Leggott, Research Data Canada
Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia
Maude-Laplante Dubé, Laval University

PIDs: What do Researchers Need to Know?
Wednesday, March 17, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET (9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT) | Host organization: Portage
Register here: http://bit.ly/2NPeIwx

In this session, attendees will learn the fundamentals of persistent identifiers (PIDs) for sharing research and scholarship. Panelists will discuss their experiences with DOIs (digital object identifiers) and ORCID iDs, a persistent identifier for researchers—what they are used for, where they are typically used, when they are required, and why they are essential for trust and reproducibility in research.

Speakers
Moderator: Jeff Moon, Portage
Susan Brown, University of Guelph/NDRIO Researcher Council
Laura Estill, St. Francis Xavier University/NDRIO Researcher Council
Dylan Roskams-Edris, McGill University
Mike Smit, Dalhousie University

PIDs in Practice: National and International Perspectives
Wednesday, March 31, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET (9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT) | Host organizations: CRKN and RDC
Register here: http://bit.ly/3aJxDS8

In this session, attendees will be introduced to the persistent identifier consortia that exist in Canada: the ORCID Canada Consortium and the DataCite Canada Consortium. This session will highlight the work being done to digitally connect People, Places, and Things associated with scholarship in Canada, and explore strategies that have been implemented in other countries as possible maps to guide Canadian PID policy moving forward.

Speakers
John Aspler, CRKN
Josh Brown, MoreBrains Consulting Cooperative
Masashi Hara, Japan Link Center
Natasha Simons, Australian Research Data Commons
Kelly Stathis, Portage

Object Identifiers: Use Cases for Librarians and Data Professionals
Wednesday, April 14, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET (9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT) | Host organization: Portage
Register here: http://bit.ly/2ZFqBYo

In this session, attendees will learn about the various types of persistent identifiers for objects, and the range of use cases for these PIDs. Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are the best-known object identifiers, and are most often used for publications and datasets; however, they can also be used for a range of other objects created as part of the research process. Beyond the DOI, identifiers exist for research activity, repositories, physical samples, equipment, and more. This session will explore the evolving object identifier landscape and discuss strategies for incorporating object PIDs into a national implementation plan.

Speakers
Mark Leggott, Research Data Canada
Mike Nason, University of New Brunswick

PIDs for People and Places
Wednesday, April 28, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET (9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT) | Host organizations: Portage and CRKN
Register here: http://bit.ly/2McO1RQ

In this session, attendees will be introduced to the persistent identifiers (PIDs) for people and places: ORCID iDs and the Research Organization Registry (ROR). ORCID, a researcher-centred non-profit with the aim of connecting scholars to their work across time, place, and discipline, has emerged as the primary open identifier for researchers globally. ROR is a community-led registry of identifiers for research organizations, with the aim of describing researcher affiliations—for example, an institution where a researcher is employed. This session will highlight use cases for ORCID iD and ROR, examine the relationships between these identifiers and other PIDs, and explore strategies for incorporating PIDs for people and places into a national implementation plan.

Speaker
Liz Krznarich, DataCite

What’s Next for PIDs in Canada?
Wednesday, May 12, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET (9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT) | Host organization: CRKN
Register here: http://bit.ly/3ulAZCS

In 2020, CRKN continued the work of the ORCID-CA and partnered with CARL-Portage to administer the new DataCite Canada Consortium. With these two national PID consortia in place, members and stakeholders are looking to develop and implement a national PID strategy. In this session, attendees will revisit PIDs and their value, and explore the strategic goals and importance of a Canadian PIDs implementation plan. Panelists will explore the work of the Canadian Persistent Identifier Committee (CPIDAC) and a pilot project from Coalition Publica.

Speakers
Moderator: Talia Chung, University of Ottawa
Lisa Goddard, University of Victoria
James MacGregor, Public Knowledge Project / Coalition Publica

Supporting research data throughout its entire life cycle requires a breadth of expertise that oftentimes spans across different departments within an institution, resulting in disparate sources of information and disjointed support for researchers. At the University of British Columbia (UBC), the Library and Advanced Research Computing (ARC) have been working towards a collaborative model of RDM support that aims to minimize researcher burden and maximize service quality. In this webinar we will discuss the history of the Library / ARC collaboration, sub-teams within these departments, collaborative initiatives, challenges, and future aspirations and goals for RDM at UBC.

Speakers

Nick Rochlin is the Research Data Management Specialist in UBC’s Advanced Research Computing team. He is active in the Portage Network of RDM professionals, co-chairing the Training Expert Group and the Institutional Strategies Working Group, and an active member of the FRDR User Experience & Training Group.

Doug Brigham has been the Research Data Management Librarian at UBC Vancouver since 2020. He is the administrator for UBC’s space within Dataverse@Scholars Portal and provides support to researchers in many disciplines. He is a member of the Research Data Alliance.

Megan Meredith-Lobay is the Research Specialist for Humanities and Social Sciences at UBC Advanced Research Computing. In addition, Megan serves on the Compute Canada Humanities and Social Sciences National Team. She has worked at the University of Alberta where she supported research computing for the Faculty of Arts, and at the University of Oxford where she was the programme coordinator for Digital Social Research, an Economic and Social Research Council project to promote advanced ICT in Social Science research. Megan holds a PhD in archaeology and has a background in using GIS for exploring ritual early medieval landscapes.”

This webinar will be presented in English and recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

This presentation will introduce participants to the Compute Canada Federation (CCF) and how the national digital research infrastructure helps to support research across all disciplines in Canada, with a particular focus on services for Social Sciences and Humanities researchers. The presenters will briefly discuss the various services that researchers can access through the CCF and how CCF is partnering with other organizations such as Portage to support research data management and ensure access to data for all researchers. The presentation will also introduce participants to different types of data storage available from CCF as well as best practices of data management, sharing and distribution. The presenters will cover differences between long term archival data storage and medium term conventional storage, their limitations, and methods of utilizing their advantages. There will also be a discussion of different methods of data sharing and distribution concentrating on using CCF Globus Transfer service.

Speakers

Megan Meredith-Lobay is the digital humanities and social sciences analyst for University of British Columbia’s Advanced Research Computing team. In addition, Megan serves on the Compute Canada Humanities and Social Sciences National Team.

Sergiy Stepanenko is the Advanced Research Computing Coordinator at University of Saskatchewan and WestGrid/CCF site-lead for the province of Saskatchewan. He is a member of several CCF National Teams and the lead of Globus National team.

Lydia Vermeyden joined ACENET in 2020 as a Research Consultant specializing in Humanities and Social Sciences. With an MSc. in Physics and Quantum information, her experience spans several research fields, including experimental quantum physics, nursing, psychology and public health.

John Simpson is Compute Canada’s Digital Humanities Specialist.

This webinar will be presented in English and recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

Ocean Networks Canada invites attendees to learn about our approach to citing dynamic and heterogeneous datasets. We leverage advances from the research data management community such as Research Data Alliance Data Citation Working Group’s recommendations, the Research Organization Registry (ROR) emergence, ROR integration within the DataCite schema, and revised Earth Sciences Information Partners citation guidelines. Even so, there were conceptual, technical and sustainability barriers to overcome. To allow users to cite the exact dataset subset and version, we refactored our infrastructure and curation processes to handle query details and versioning provenance. Substantial effort went into supporting geospatial extents for fixed-position, mobile and remote-sensing instruments. These improvements are represented in landing pages, web services and documentation. While manual intervention remains for curatorial reasons, the vast majority of our implementation is automated. We hope our experience assists other repositories in plans to meet FAIR and TRUST Principles. This work was funded by CANARIE.

Speakers

Reyna Jenkyns is the Data Stewardship Manager at Ocean Networks Canada. She has been closely involved in metadata management, data acquisition, expedition support and interoperability initiatives at ONC for more than a decade. She is active within the research data management community through working groups and committees, including as a board member for the CoreTrustSeal. She received her Bachelor of Mathematics in Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and her Master of Science in Ocean Physics at the University of Victoria.

Chantel Ridsdale is a Data Steward at Ocean Networks Canada. She works on data management best practices, processes, procedures, policies, and standards for various projects and programs at ONC. Additionally, she maintains instruments, and expedition metadata and data records for reuse in Oceans 2.0. Chantel has a Masters of Library and Information Studies from Dalhousie University and became interested in data management as it provided an interesting new path for her degree and an opportunity to influence an increasingly important avenue for research. ​

Melissa Cuthill is a Data Steward at Ocean Networks Canada. With an academic background in Psychology and Library & Information Studies, her interests converge in a conviction about the importance of research data management to scientific reproducibility, which she will lecture you about, ad nauseam, at the slightest opportunity. She works to ensure ONC’s voluminous data is described well enough for users to find, understand, and be able to reuse it.

This webinar will be presented in English and recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

Portage and Global Water Futures Webinar Series

Open data facilitates scientific collaboration, fosters innovation, and supports stronger and more reproducible science to inform decisions. Despite significant investments in the collection of water quality data, barriers to effective and open data sharing have hampered the ability to leverage this information to its full potential. This webinar will explore how DataStream’s open-access water data platform is addressing this challenge. Free and open for anyone to use, DataStream brings water quality monitoring data together in one place, in a consistent format – making it easier to connect results in meaningful ways. Attendees will learn about some of the key functionality of this open data repository with a focus on features that support FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data management principles.

Speakers

Carolyn DuBois

Carolyn is the Director of the Water Program at The Gordon Foundation where she works with partners across sectors in Canada. This work focuses on improving freshwater stewardship through citizen engagement in decision-making and the use of the best available evidence. Carolyn is a passionate advocate for open data and has led the development of DataStream, an online system that provides access to information about water quality. Carolyn holds a BSc in Biology from Mount Allison University and a Master’s in Environmental Management from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Patrick LeClair

Patrick is DataStream’s Data Specialist at The Gordon Foundation. In this role he works with communities and other collaborators to continually grow and improve DataStream, and online, open-access platform for sharing water quality data across Canada. Patrick has a background in water quality and data management and is passionate about working with groups across Canada to help tell their story through data to enact positive environmental change. Patrick holds a BEng in Environmental Engineering from Dalhousie University and a Diploma in Environmental Engineering from Saint Francis Xavier University.

This webinar will be presented in English and recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

Presented by: Research Data Canada (RDC), Portage Network, Research Data Alliance (RDA)

Presenters: Mark Leggott, Research Data Canada; Jeff Moon, Portage Network; Lee Wilson, Portage Network; Karine Burger, Portage Network; Ingrid Dillo, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS); Dawei Lin, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID); Brian Corrie, iReceptor Project, Simon Fraser University (SFU); Reyna Jenkyns, Ocean Networks Canada; Karen Payne, World Data Systems (WDS); Mike Smit, Dalhousie University

The TRUST Principles for digital repositories, recently published in Nature Research’s Scientific Data, present a new set of guiding principles to demonstrate digital repository trustworthiness, centered around Transparency, Responsibility, User focus, Sustainability, and Technology. These principles provide a framework to facilitate discussion and implementation of best practices in digital preservation.

On July 7th, 2020, RDC, Research Data Alliance (RDA), World Data Systems (WDS) and the TRUST Principles authors presented the TRUST Principles Mini Symposium (Video; Slides: Part 1 | Part 2) which provided an introduction to the principles for a global audience. This upcoming webinar will serve as a follow-up that covers the TRUST Principles in a Canadian-specific context. RDC will be joined by RDA and the Portage Network to provide an overview of key concepts and implementations from a variety of perspectives, as well as considerations for ways forward. See the schedule below for a full list of topics and presenters.

Please note: This webinar will be presented in English, with simultaneous interpretation in French.

Keeping data and research materials organized across all phases of the research process is always a challenging process. To help the research community address these challenges, the Center for Open Science developed the Open Science Framework (OSF), a research tool that supports collaboration, data management, and transparency throughout the research lifecycle. The OSF provides avenues for researchers to design a study; collect, analyze, and store data; manage collaborators; and publish research materials. In this webinar, attendees will learn about the many features of the OSF and develop strategies for using the tool within the context of their own research projects. The discussion will be framed around how to best utilize the OSF while also implementing data management and open science best practices.

Speakers

Kevin Read, MLIS, MAS is a health sciences librarian at the University of Saskatchewan. He has been providing data services in health sciences libraries for the past 8 years in both Canada and the U.S. He is the current Chair of the Portage Network’s Data Discovery Expert Group, and is in the process of conducting research on how Canadian-funded researchers describe and share their data.

This webinar will be presented in English and recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

This webinar will explore USASK’s Water Information System KISTERS (WISKI) environment, including continuous (i.e. time series), discrete (lab or biology samplings), asset, and raster data types. Emphasis will be placed on automating data import, quality assurance, and reporting / exports. The second half of this webinar will focus on the new KISTERS web portal which is being implemented at USASK and provides a simple and intuitive method of submitting, visualizing, and acquiring data. Attendees will learn how to access these tools and more importantly, manipulate them efficiently to reduce time spent on data formatting, validation, and report generation.

Speakers

Steve Elgie has a research background in hydrological systems, renewable energy systems, and data management. He supports KISTERS in identifying, acquiring, and supporting new business throughout Canada and the United States. Steve works closely with clients across Canada to implement best practices / standardized operating procedures for diverse datasets. Steve has prior experience with non-point source nutrient modelling and environmental consulting for large scale renewable energy projects.

This webinar will be presented in English and recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

Making a harvester harvestable: Federating an OAI endpoint directly from Postgres
Kelly Stathis and Alex Garnett

Does your repository want to implement an OAI-PMH server, but not know where to start? This presentation will cover how a discovery service adapted existing code to create a custom OAI-PMH server, allowing the metadata to be discoverable by OpenAIRE.

Geodisy: A new way to discover Canadian research data
Mark Goodwin, Paul Dante, Kelly Stathis, and Eugene Barsky

With the increasing demand for geographic components in research, there is an opportunity for research data repositories to provide alternatives to text-based discovery. Enter Geodisy, an open-source spatial discovery platform for Canadian open research data. Initially funded by CANARIE and now in partnership with Portage, Geodisy provides a map-based search that is available alongside Canada’s Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR). Data is discoverable based on its location, and users have the ability to preview datasets as overlays on a digital map and access comprehensive metadata.

These presentations are part of Access 2020.

Portage and Global Water Futures Webinar Series

Data deposit and curation means making decisions now that will impact prospects for preservation into the future. How can we best prepare our data for a leap into the unknown? In this webinar, data curation expert Shahira Khair (University of Victoria) and digital preservationist Grant Hurley (Scholars Portal) will join forces to show how decisions made at the time of data upload and curation impact the ability to preserve data for the long term. Attendees will learn introductory concepts in digital curation and preservation for research data, and how choices around what data files to keep, the level of descriptive metadata and other contextual information, and the use of preservation-friendly file formats, can help support (or harm) the prospects of data remaining accessible and usable later.

Speakers

Shahira Khair is a Data Curation Librarian at University of Victoria Libraries where she supports students and researchers in adopting data management practices and publishing their research data. She is currently seconded to Canada’s New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO) as a Senior Analyst to support assessment and strategic planning initiatives. Shahira also serves as Chair of the Portage Research Intelligence Expert Group.

Grant Hurley is the Digital Preservation Librarian at Scholars Portal, the information technology service provider for the Ontario Council of University Libraries. He oversees the maintenance of the Scholars Portal Trustworthy Digital Repository and coordinates the Permafrost hosted digital preservation service for OCUL members. Grant serves as a member of the CARL Digital Preservation Working Group and the Portage Preservation Expert Group.

This webinar will be presented in English and recorded. Engagement during the webinar in both official languages is welcomed. Previous webinar recordings are available on the CARL YouTube Channel. Links to the recordings and slides can also be found on Portage Training Resources.

Portage is an invited participant.

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Jeff Moon, Portage Director

Canadian Research Data Repository Solutions and Innovations

Presented by Lee Wilson (ACENET/Portage)

Poster

Portaging Through Change — The Canadian RDM Experience

Presented by Jeff Moon (Portage)

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CAUL-CBUA Forum on Research Data Management

Agenda

Organized by the Portage Training Expert Group

Live stream recording

Presentation Slides:
TC3 Draft RDM Policy (Matthew Lucas, SSHRC)
Portage Update (Jeff Moon, Portage)
Portage and the DMP Assistant (Jane Fry, Carleton, and Jeff Moon, Portage) & Group Lifecycle Models
Portage-Supported RDM Platforms: FRDR and Dataverse (Lisa Goddard, University of Victoria, Amber Leahey, Scholars Portal, Lee Wilson, Portage)

Collaboration and Platform Integration in Support of a Federated Research Data Management Service in Canada

Presented by: Lee Wilson (CARL/Portage), Corey Davis (COPPUL/University of Victoria), and Donna Bourne-Tyson (Dalhousie University)

Video recording

Presentation Slides

Portage Information Session

Presented by: Jeff Moon (Portage) and Laure Perrier (University of Toronto)

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Research Data Management in Canada & Portage Network

Presented by: Jeff Moon (Portage) and James Doiron (University of Alberta)

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